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i have scoured nothing has happened, and oracle records and so far it just has been from the pentagon. i hate to see this. they have worked so hard. but there is the ability to break it as well. >> it always makes sense to me. thank you for coming on tonight. gerri: illions of people now playing video games on their smartphones. some find it a great way to pass the time. for every time you take the phone out of your pocket, the higher the risk of it is that it will be lost or stolen. it all depends on where you live. on tonight's top five, the cities with the highest rate of smartphones that. at number five, newark, new jersey. number four is long beach california and oakland california is next. and number two is seattle. a lot of smart forms there. and the number one hotspot for smartphone that is philadelphia. that is a shocker. across the country about 30 million phones stolen, lost or stolen and the most likely place is a fast food restaurant or grocery stre. coming up next, the market has taken quite a hit over the last few days. you will have gerri: here is something that you ma
i have scoured nothing has happened, and oracle records and so far it just has been from the pentagon. i hate to see this. they have worked so hard. but there is the ability to break it as well. >> it always makes sense to me. thank you for coming on tonight. gerri: illions of people now playing video games on their smartphones. some find it a great way to pass the time. for every time you take the phone out of your pocket, the higher the risk of it is that it will be lost or stolen. it...
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jennifer griffin with more from the pentagon tonight. who was on it. >> four indians on board and two passengers from the emirates. one indian was killed and three indians were injured. u.s. navy officials say that the u.s. in its boat exhausted all warning measures sounding radio, loud speakers, flashing lights and fired warning shots before using lethal force against the pleasure craft vessel as it approached the navy oil tanker for a second time. one defense official said that the 50-foot boat initially turned away and then came back in a menacing manner. the navy's fifth fleet based in bahrain put out this statement, quote. the u.s. crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessel's operators to turn away from their deliberate approach. when those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the boat fired rounds from a 50 caliber machine gun. the injured are being treated at a local hospital while police in dubai inspect the boat, below deck they were uninjured. >> shepard: that's somewhat close to the straight o
jennifer griffin with more from the pentagon tonight. who was on it. >> four indians on board and two passengers from the emirates. one indian was killed and three indians were injured. u.s. navy officials say that the u.s. in its boat exhausted all warning measures sounding radio, loud speakers, flashing lights and fired warning shots before using lethal force against the pleasure craft vessel as it approached the navy oil tanker for a second time. one defense official said that the...
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the pentagon, the fbi, the director of national intelligence, the state department -- known almost that entire group said this is wrong. we have help them, these are americans being killed. >> no, they were all busy doing the cover-up the initial distribution was how many of those three or 400 people forwarded those e-mails. because i spent six years working in the situation. it went somewhere. went to the national security adviser, and even went to the president. they have a little bit of an explanation. who knew it and what do they know, and was the president involved. we knew that the president had a meeting within that period of time. were they planning to cover up then? >> it is impossible to extract the politics from all of this. but irrespective of the politics, how in the world can the american people be asked for this demonstration are ending. and for that matter, tolerated congress tolerate a congress that is inert on this issue. we deserve answers on a timely basis, and it is inexcusable and absolutely deplorable that this administration would not respond, fully, transparentl
the pentagon, the fbi, the director of national intelligence, the state department -- known almost that entire group said this is wrong. we have help them, these are americans being killed. >> no, they were all busy doing the cover-up the initial distribution was how many of those three or 400 people forwarded those e-mails. because i spent six years working in the situation. it went somewhere. went to the national security adviser, and even went to the president. they have a little bit...
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the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and political climate, national security cuts will likely be demanded quickly. only by thinking ahead, prioritizing and rigorously driving reforms and slashing waste will the pentagon control its future rather than have its future deck at a timed -- dictated by powers beyond its control. thank you for joining us for "this week in defense news." you can watch this program on defensenewstv.com or e-mail me at vago@defensenews.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your ret
the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and...
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how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a big fan of the show. >> thank you very much. >> this is a serious problem for the d.o.d. anything that would impact war fighter safety or mission assurance we take very seriously. we're treating this as a very serious problem. what we're doing to counteract counterfeit in the d.o.d. supply chain and we're premayoral focused on weapons systems parts, things on airplanes, et cetera, is essentially identify those items that are critical to safety and mission performance, exercise particular due diligence and care in procuring those and testing them, sharing information across the
how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a...
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i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're forgetting in this debate. >> unfortunately that's all the time we have for now. coming up in my notebook, why it's time for both washington and beijing to tone down the >>> while kaine's future leader way in america, i was in singapore where it was clear america's engagement is welcomed by allies worried by the beijing rise and sweeping claims. american warships will deploy from singapore and the philippines, australia will host 5500 u.s. marines, japan will buy the joint strike fighter. but what america sees as reassuring, china sees as encirclement. china blames
i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're...
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navy's plan for a floating base in the region also highlights the pentagon shift in priorities. president obama has said the military will become leaner and more agile. fox news correspondent doug mcelway live with the news in washington. is this in direct response to any new provokation by iran? >> reporter: it does not appear to be so. seems to be another indication that thes is taking seriously iran's threat to block kade the straight of hormuz. the pentagon told fox news while the work is being done in an ex-pa dishouse fashion it is not accurate to a sur vice that isals a rush. highly unusual a ship slated for demixing now suddenly put on a fast track for a retrofit. it was an amphibious assault ship that will be converted into a float forward staging base. a kind of mother ship from which maul spa trol small patrd operate without long refueling distances. it would be situated in the strait to act as deterrent to a potential iranian block kade and respond quickly if such a belligerent action were to be taken. >> harris: like a small city. something else that might draw iran
navy's plan for a floating base in the region also highlights the pentagon shift in priorities. president obama has said the military will become leaner and more agile. fox news correspondent doug mcelway live with the news in washington. is this in direct response to any new provokation by iran? >> reporter: it does not appear to be so. seems to be another indication that thes is taking seriously iran's threat to block kade the straight of hormuz. the pentagon told fox news while the...
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so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the coming days and weeks. the total savings that they're talking about, and again, this is the savings relative to last year's budget, it's $259 billion over the five-year plan. 25% of those savings are supposed to come from efficiencies. that's another $60 billion in efficiencies on top of $178 billion in efficiencies that was in last year's budget. boy, that's very optimistic to think that you can find all those efficiencies. i think it is incredibly risky to be banking on those savings before they have been achieved. it is always a good g
so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the...
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the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i don't remember the exact clock ticking. i think the president submitted his request on the day that the house came back, so that would have been monday a week ago. so the 15 day clock will probably be reached next tuesday. and that means, i presume, on wednesday morning, our debt ceiling as a nation will go up $1.2 trillion, failing the passage by the resolution a disapproval and the override of a suspected president's veto. so the debt ceiling will go up, up until we hit it again. now, when are we going to hit it again? good news this mo
the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i...
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we tend to think of what happens at the pentagon and you're at the department of homeland security. what are you preparing to do for it and can your personnel accounts be sheltered? >> we're hopeful that the personnel accounts can be sheltered because we fall under the defense authorization act in terms of military pay and benefits. but many of our missions, as you know, unless they are defense related are performed on the domestic side of the government's budget. so we're running through various scenarios. it's really premature for me at this point to start saying what i would do because we're looking at a lot of different options. i certainly have some things in mind, but all my senior leadership is engaged right now coming up with the various options and presenting them to me in that eventuality. >> how devastating an impact is it going to be on you guys if you get nail snd >> it's going to be very, very significant. you either have to eat into your operations that you're performing or your long-term plans for recapitalization or what i don't want to do is what i really reluctant
we tend to think of what happens at the pentagon and you're at the department of homeland security. what are you preparing to do for it and can your personnel accounts be sheltered? >> we're hopeful that the personnel accounts can be sheltered because we fall under the defense authorization act in terms of military pay and benefits. but many of our missions, as you know, unless they are defense related are performed on the domestic side of the government's budget. so we're running through...
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what does the pentagon say about it it? >> defense officials say they are reviewing the findings but admit something wrong after a report concluded the relationship between combat compensation and the degree of danger to which a member is exposed has eroded. according to the report. members must likely to be exposed to the hazards of combat receiving the smallest benefit. the national guard argues that the pay differential is the result of having to attract guard and reserve to work one weekend a month after they have already worked two weeks in a row in their civilian jobs. guardsmen they say are hurt by the complicated way in which the pelc assesses one when they are on duty and when they're not. jon? >> jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. a rare double engine failure is what caused a navy jet to crash into a virginia beach housey complex in april. that's according to a navy report released today. the aircraft went down shortly after taking off from a nearby base. the wreck destroyed nearly 30 apartments and
what does the pentagon say about it it? >> defense officials say they are reviewing the findings but admit something wrong after a report concluded the relationship between combat compensation and the degree of danger to which a member is exposed has eroded. according to the report. members must likely to be exposed to the hazards of combat receiving the smallest benefit. the national guard argues that the pay differential is the result of having to attract guard and reserve to work one...
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now i am and cod nidal per gries served in afghanistan one year-ago then the pentagon. also at camp with juneut and ina in south bend indiana. te >> what are the tensions? there is said dependent relationship? of >> i would not say that nowtoo but you can hide in the past re with that too much work in the present but it is a? su remarkable success story. nes in this interesting in the 40's the navy says we take??? care of you.??????? ? pay for the equipment that you use. you should be happy that we are here. after the amphibious forces the story changes. now they say don't cut the funding you don't of the ?rine task forces.??????? it is a little reverse.????? the institutional power is??? radically different.????? 3% of active duty.????? today there are 200,000.r 14% of the armed forces.officeit there was no public 194 relations apparatus.1.es i don't take anybody will lead disagree. prestigious by all accounts. this is evidence of their ability to create powerful said billy and military alliances to protect the interest wartime and p
now i am and cod nidal per gries served in afghanistan one year-ago then the pentagon. also at camp with juneut and ina in south bend indiana. te >> what are the tensions? there is said dependent relationship? of >> i would not say that nowtoo but you can hide in the past re with that too much work in the present but it is a? su remarkable success story. nes in this interesting in the 40's the navy says we take??? care of you.??????? ? pay for the equipment that you use....
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there is an office at the pentagon to coordinate and develop doctrine and coordination. but aside from that, there hasn't been a lot of discussion and it's prompted critics to say it's just a fad or just sort of play a head game with the chinese or iranians. where is the program now? what's next and how important is it? >> it's vitally important. the united states navy and the united states air force are the two power projection services of the american armed forces. and it is our services that will enable the army and the marine corps to operate should that be required. i think the key thing here is that there is a proliferation of technology. certainly it is true in the western pacific. it is likewise true in other areas, including the persian gulf. if we did not respond to these developments, we would be pushed further away from our objective areas with all the attendant disadvantages that would entail. so the cooperation between the navy and the air force is simply what one would expect operators to do. that is to maximize each other's capabilities to support one ano
there is an office at the pentagon to coordinate and develop doctrine and coordination. but aside from that, there hasn't been a lot of discussion and it's prompted critics to say it's just a fad or just sort of play a head game with the chinese or iranians. where is the program now? what's next and how important is it? >> it's vitally important. the united states navy and the united states air force are the two power projection services of the american armed forces. and it is our...
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a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and jittery, making it difficult to pick out key intelligence. fixes these problems has been expensive. that's where motion dsb comes in, a california startup company that has considered kena that can stabilize, sharpen, clarify and enlarge épgd do in real time. here to talk about the new technology is shawn vera, the ceo of motion sensor dvb. welcome. >> thanks very much. >> what your computer programs do is really fascinating, is really amazing and you're the only guys doing it in realtime. what are some of the things that it can do and how does it work? >> so, really, there are many problems with video.
a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and...
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is the pentagon in control? it would seem it would be much harder to cut this if the generals really didn't want to do it as the gentleman is indicating. >> i think about what they think basically blasting their boss, the commander in chief. but i have no doubt that chairman ryan, like in chairmen before him have had plenty of discussion with generals who come to him and say i would like more money. i think that happens all the time. and i think generals go, you know, it's part of the process. they go to the hill and they talk to chairman and they say this is what we'd like, particularly for my service. and, you know, they always want more. they're not really in the business of cutting. they're in the business of saying this is what i want to do. so i'm not sure -- back to your question, which was, you know, i think that the pentagon -- a big part of the strategy review that we saw earlier this year was -- came out of negotiations that happened last year where basically said we see this is coming down the pike,
is the pentagon in control? it would seem it would be much harder to cut this if the generals really didn't want to do it as the gentleman is indicating. >> i think about what they think basically blasting their boss, the commander in chief. but i have no doubt that chairman ryan, like in chairmen before him have had plenty of discussion with generals who come to him and say i would like more money. i think that happens all the time. and i think generals go, you know, it's part of the...
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leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he and how class are you to the way he does things? >> guest: works for the cementer of defense of information, a columnist for us, a panelist at the mill blogging conference we sponsor. he's been a guest on my podcast many times, and so, i mean, i don't quarrel with the point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i was a civil servant at the naval air systems command at the v-# -- v22 program. as a fleet guy, i didn't have exposure necessarily to the industry side of it, the defense procurement, you know, the roslin part, no exposure, but working at the v22, as you know, a controversial airplane. c-span: explain it. >> guest: it's the v-22 ausprey, half helicopter, half propeller plane with several high profile crashes in tests, almost canceled, brought back from the brink of extension, and then had life breathed into it and ultimately succeeded now in fleet use in afghanistan and throughout the marine corp. and the special operation command, you know, the so-com, sp
leave the pentagon and go to the industry. who is he and how class are you to the way he does things? >> guest: works for the cementer of defense of information, a columnist for us, a panelist at the mill blogging conference we sponsor. he's been a guest on my podcast many times, and so, i mean, i don't quarrel with the point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i was a civil servant at the naval air systems command at the v-# -- v22 program. as a fleet guy, i didn't have...
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it's waifl and would be really hard -- waysful and would be really hard to the pentagon. we could do tradeoffs to get efficiency. >> i don't think sequestration is going to happen. i may be an outlier in this group by saying that. i think it's unlikely. what is likely is that moving this agenda to the right each year on defense is that defense will go down significantly more than the $500 billion secretary panetta thinks he's put out over 10 years. that's the bottom line. whether it's fast or slow, it's going down. >> primarily military leaders will tell you that their expectation is that there's several hundred potentially significant reductions, you know, $300, some suggest, more to come, it's just that they want to do it on their terms and not have it shoved down their throat. >> i think that's what will happen, but it'll only happen in the context of a bigger agreement. >> i want to give todd an opportunity here. >> the other thing too is even if sequestration does happen, it can be reversed by congress >> so it's not an all-or- nothing game here. it could be a tempor
it's waifl and would be really hard -- waysful and would be really hard to the pentagon. we could do tradeoffs to get efficiency. >> i don't think sequestration is going to happen. i may be an outlier in this group by saying that. i think it's unlikely. what is likely is that moving this agenda to the right each year on defense is that defense will go down significantly more than the $500 billion secretary panetta thinks he's put out over 10 years. that's the bottom line. whether it's...
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that is because the pentagon have to ask hard questions like what is our mission? america is no safer. we are richer because we have a simple flat tax and because people finally rise up and say, these rules -- they don't do what he promised. they mostly stop us from doing good, new things. they waste our time and title vii of spiderweb of freedom killing red tape. so these rules will be gone, these complex taxes, too. forty years from now, we will live without those in a prosperous, freec
that is because the pentagon have to ask hard questions like what is our mission? america is no safer. we are richer because we have a simple flat tax and because people finally rise up and say, these rules -- they don't do what he promised. they mostly stop us from doing good, new things. they waste our time and title vii of spiderweb of freedom killing red tape. so these rules will be gone, these complex taxes, too. forty years from now, we will live without those in a prosperous, freec
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and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over how businesses protect their computers and networks. businesses are always opposed to being forced into paying additional costs including for cyber security. but security is like fire safety. the expense of that protection is paid to safeguards one's own property as well as your neighbors and the community at large. we all benefit from the interconnected world but with that come greater responsibilities and vulnerabilities making legislation that increases security for the common good imperative. thank you for joining us for "this week
and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over...
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the budget you must hate america and all that but when you look closely you have to understand the pentagon from the department of defense is the only department that isn't subject to audit. that doesn't mean they failed or look at all the things we found they are not even subject to what we've been figuring out piece by piece is that since 1911 the pentagon budget went up. the increase was 2 trillion. 1 trillion went to the board met with the other nobody knows where it went because the air force has been scaled back, the navy is scaled back and the army increased marginally but
the budget you must hate america and all that but when you look closely you have to understand the pentagon from the department of defense is the only department that isn't subject to audit. that doesn't mean they failed or look at all the things we found they are not even subject to what we've been figuring out piece by piece is that since 1911 the pentagon budget went up. the increase was 2 trillion. 1 trillion went to the board met with the other nobody knows where it went because the air...
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has reported -- usa today reported on february 29th, quote, pentagon officials have little proof the programs work and they won't make public where the money goes, end quote. as far back as 2003, d.o.d.'s operations road map found the department cannot currently identify what to spend on an io or even on specific core capabilities. the pentagon's top contractor, leoni industries is run by a brother-sister pair with no military contracting experience and $4 million with liens on their homes for not paying federal taxes. but perhaps most disturbing is evidence that the usa today journalist who spearheaded this investigation was subsequently targeted in a possibly criminal disinformation and reputation attack campaign. that campaign appears to have employed tactics including twitter and facebook accounts, impersonating the journalists, the unauthorized web domains using the journalists' names and attacking the journalists on multiple websites. some of that phony content even hypothesized that a journalist doing his job looking into allegations of waste in government might be an agent of
has reported -- usa today reported on february 29th, quote, pentagon officials have little proof the programs work and they won't make public where the money goes, end quote. as far back as 2003, d.o.d.'s operations road map found the department cannot currently identify what to spend on an io or even on specific core capabilities. the pentagon's top contractor, leoni industries is run by a brother-sister pair with no military contracting experience and $4 million with liens on their homes for...
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portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the bugle's sound of valor. those years and that valor have been given tangible focus here in this quiet shrine of tribute, the hall of heroes. here on the inner ring of the pentagon, this space is dedicated to a nation's remembrance. not of events, but of deeds. deeds of americans in uniform who gave more than was asked, more than could be asked of them. not always their lives but always themselves without pause and without reservation. each man whose name appears on these walls and those whose names will appear here are members of a unique fraternity of courage. they are all recipi
portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the...
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the air force's decision to kill the c-27j light transport aircraft has sent shockwaves across the pentagon and industry. we take a look at the impact and we take a sneak peek at the navy league's upcoming and revamped sea, air space conference and exhibition. but, first, the united states appears to have underestimated the speed of china's weapons program. that's the conclusion in a new report how did washington get it wrong and what capabilities is china investing in? here to answer those questions is is the commission's chairman, dennis shay, a government policy attorney who served in the bush administration and was an adviser to former senator bob dole. sir, welcome to the program. >> thanks, vago. good to be here. >> how did we miss something so important and who's responsibility was it for us to be really updated as to what was going on in china? >> the the ultimate responsibility is the intelligence community. let me talk a little bit about the report. the report relies exclusively on open sources, it does not rely on classified channels, so the report is very clear about that. it al
the air force's decision to kill the c-27j light transport aircraft has sent shockwaves across the pentagon and industry. we take a look at the impact and we take a sneak peek at the navy league's upcoming and revamped sea, air space conference and exhibition. but, first, the united states appears to have underestimated the speed of china's weapons program. that's the conclusion in a new report how did washington get it wrong and what capabilities is china investing in? here to answer those...
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. >>> no trial from an exmarine charged with firing shots at the pentagon. today, he pled guilty in court. jessica kartalija has more on the plea deal reached. >> reporter: 24-year-old jonathan malacko is charged with firing shots at buildings including the pentagon. he was arrested in june in arlington national cemetery. he was carrying a backpack, filled with explosive materials and papers, referring to jihad and bin laden. it appeared he was planning to spray paint tombstones. his guilty plea means he will serve 25 years in prison. >>> gop presidential candidates are gearing up for the final debate before the florida primary. danielle nottingham reports for wjz. immigration and the economy are hot-button issues. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: newt gingrich is reaching out to voters in florida, with a new round of attacks on mitt romney. >> i think every american should be angry. how can somebody run a campaign this dishonest and think he's going to have any credibility running for president? >> reporter: gingrich tried to connect romney to florida's home fore
. >>> no trial from an exmarine charged with firing shots at the pentagon. today, he pled guilty in court. jessica kartalija has more on the plea deal reached. >> reporter: 24-year-old jonathan malacko is charged with firing shots at buildings including the pentagon. he was arrested in june in arlington national cemetery. he was carrying a backpack, filled with explosive materials and papers, referring to jihad and bin laden. it appeared he was planning to spray paint tombstones....
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming costs. >> brown: then, we turn to florida, where judy woodruff has an update on the g.o.p. presidential primary contest. >> warner: kwame holman reports on a key component of president obama's re-election strategy highlighting the political gridlock in washington. >> president obama says this 112th congress-- as divided and partisan as it is-- should work with him on behalf of the american people. >> brown: ray suarez looks at today's jobs problem and the future role of manufacturing. >> warner: and, we have a conversation with veteran reporter tom edsall about the political landscape in a time of scarce resources. >> t
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the pentagon today outlined almost half a trillion dollars in budget cuts that would shrink the size of the u.s. military by eliminating ground forces, retiring ships and planes and delaying some new weapons. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight: deputy secretary of defense ashton carter walks us through the plan to reshape the military while trimming...
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but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today in texas charged with 28 counts of rape and sexual assault against ten female recruits, many still in their teens. he's among a dozen trainers at lackland airforce base under investigation for sexual assaults against 31 recruits. jennifer norris is not one of the 31 recruits but she did train at lackland and before she got there says she was drugged and raped by a recruiter in maine. >> i was frozen. i couldn't move. he did what he had to do and then just rolled over like i was a piece of trash. >> reporter: terrified, norris did not report the rape. like many victims in the male dominated mili
but pentagon officials say this was not a case of an iranian vessel harassing a u.s. navy vessel as has happened in the past. >>> court-martial proceedings started today at lackland airforce base in san antonio in the u.s. military's largest sexual assault scandal in more than 20 years. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski reports on this latest example of a problem the military knows it needs to fix. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant louis walker went on trial today...
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you will land the job at the pentagon. that is how our system of checks and balances breaks down. >> he was suggesting that if you want to leave capitol hill and go to the pentagon, but we hear people leave the pentagon and go to the industry. how do you come close to the things he does thing? >> he works for the center of defense. he is a columnist for us. he has been a panelist at the blogging conference and a guest of mine podcast. i do not quarrel with his point of view. before i took the job at military.com, i worked as a civil servant at the v-22 program. as a fleet the guy, i did not have any exposure to the industry's side of it, the defense procurement. i had no exposure. working in the v-22 which is controversial -- >> explain what it is? cash>> it is a marine airplane that is half helicopter, half propeller plane. at several crashes during test that was almost canceled and brought to the brink of extinction and then is now in fleet use throughout the marine corps. and the special operations command. they use the
you will land the job at the pentagon. that is how our system of checks and balances breaks down. >> he was suggesting that if you want to leave capitol hill and go to the pentagon, but we hear people leave the pentagon and go to the industry. how do you come close to the things he does thing? >> he works for the center of defense. he is a columnist for us. he has been a panelist at the blogging conference and a guest of mine podcast. i do not quarrel with his point of view. before...
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so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will be reluctant, and when local stations start closing, we may hear something from congress. that's what we're talking about here, is local stations going out of business in exchange for money so their air waves can be given the wire carriers. >> the issue of the inseptembertive auctions of spectrum doesn't have the political divide that say a cybersecurity issue has. those parties supported the idea of the incentive auction, and recognized the need to get more spectrum out on the market for wireless companies to provide these services, which people want ask are clamoring for. at
so if we're looking for more air waves, all roads lead back to the pentagon. they've acknowledged that. we heard heard members of the administration acknowledge the government spectrum needs to be repurposed for commercial use. really what brendan was talking about the shift from video over cable connection to consuming on a tablet computer or smartphone. that's driving the change in bandwidth. people want to watch video on their ipad and we have to make it work. >> the broadcasters will...
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both veterans and active duty service members have cited that the pentagon and military commanders are not doing enough to promote -- i'm sorry, to prosecute the sexual assault cases. if it's true, the failure to provide just this basic guarantee of safety to women who represent over 15% of the armed forces is not just a moral issue, but a defining statement about the military. how do you plan to overcome those challenges to create a culture where we can put sexual assault in the past? make that a problem of the past. and what further steps need to be taken to hold more of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes accountable for their actions? >> senator, you described what happens very accurately. it's a crime. it's an assault. it's an attack on a service member. we have -- the people who join the navy/marine corps swear not only to protect the united states but also their fellow sailors and marines. this is an attack on one of their shipmates and any amount of sexual assault is unacceptable. we have done a lot and we're continuing to do a lot. i established the sexual assault prevent
both veterans and active duty service members have cited that the pentagon and military commanders are not doing enough to promote -- i'm sorry, to prosecute the sexual assault cases. if it's true, the failure to provide just this basic guarantee of safety to women who represent over 15% of the armed forces is not just a moral issue, but a defining statement about the military. how do you plan to overcome those challenges to create a culture where we can put sexual assault in the past? make...
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and we just heard that the pentagon is keeping this person, rush limbaugh, on its airways on the military network, while other advertisers and stations are canceling because they understand what respect for women is all about. we are not just a small percentage of the military. we have -- women are contributors to this society, and must be recognized as full citizens. we're not play things that are brought into the military for the use of a few predators. we are absolutely necessary, and it shows and i like to call attention in this brief to the number of moral waivers. in other words, allowing criminal predators into the military that are being issued because our numbers of women are being kept artificially low by quota systems. so while the very women are being turned down, people with criminal records, some of them as predators are being admitted. then we wonder why we have this persistent problem. i'm here to tell you that the woman's movement is going to stay at this until there's serious reform and change for the good of our nation and for the good of women. and we are going to figh
and we just heard that the pentagon is keeping this person, rush limbaugh, on its airways on the military network, while other advertisers and stations are canceling because they understand what respect for women is all about. we are not just a small percentage of the military. we have -- women are contributors to this society, and must be recognized as full citizens. we're not play things that are brought into the military for the use of a few predators. we are absolutely necessary, and it...
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jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon tonight. do we know where the troop cuts are going to be, jen? >> the plan is to lose 100,000 troops. about 80,000 will come from the army. about 20,000 will come from the marines. special operations forces will not be cut but the army will be only slightly larger than it was before 9/11. >> the risks come with the fact that, you know, we have a smaller force. you know, as we said, it's larger than we had prior to 9/11. but, obviously it will be a smaller force. and when you have smaller force, there are risks associated with that in terms of our capability to respond. >> the secretary added that the reason to go for a smaller, more agile more nimble force is that given the congressionally mandated budget cuts, they would be hollowing out the force if they didn't make the army smaller, shep. >> shepard: what's new in the announcement today, jen? >> they announced that some military bases will be closed. they didn't say which ones. retirees will have to pay higher health premiums and that salar
jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon tonight. do we know where the troop cuts are going to be, jen? >> the plan is to lose 100,000 troops. about 80,000 will come from the army. about 20,000 will come from the marines. special operations forces will not be cut but the army will be only slightly larger than it was before 9/11. >> the risks come with the fact that, you know, we have a smaller force. you know, as we said, it's larger than we had prior to 9/11. but, obviously it will...
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they say the pentagon asks congress to reallocate $100 million of the defense fund to make sure there are no gaps in our military's capables in the persian gulf and this is coming two weeks after the pentagon asked for 85 million more for bunker buster bomb upgrades and one day after the international atomic international agency said it has serious concerns about iran's nuclear program near the end of the 11-page report, it says that the agency continues to have serious concerns regarding possible military dimentions to iran's nuclear program. check it out. uranium needs to be enriched at a 90% level to be used in nuclear weapons. twenty% is all iran produced so far. friday's iaea reports that since november, iran's 20% production tripled and that is the level that, once reached, makes it easier to enrich above 90%. as this is going on, our director of national intelligence said last month iran hasn't decided to build a nuclear weapon yet. >> we don't believe they have actually made the decision to go ahead with the nuclear weapon. >> a state department spokesman said yesterday they c
they say the pentagon asks congress to reallocate $100 million of the defense fund to make sure there are no gaps in our military's capables in the persian gulf and this is coming two weeks after the pentagon asked for 85 million more for bunker buster bomb upgrades and one day after the international atomic international agency said it has serious concerns about iran's nuclear program near the end of the 11-page report, it says that the agency continues to have serious concerns regarding...
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that makes it very difficult. >> should the pentagon -- one of the things the pentagon, even within the pentagon, the leadership is criticized for is saying no, 47 is the number and we shouldn't plan for a leaner future. should they be planning for a leaner future? >> planning is not -- they're thinking about it, they're having discussions, but to go through a full-scale pentagon planning effort for those who have looked at the chart that shows the pentagon planning effort, it's not a small thing. so to say, all right, we're going to have to plan for six different numbers is enormously expensive and i don't think wise at this point. they planned for the number that congress gave them and they can expect. now, are they thinking about possibly some other options? there's a whole bufnlg of other options on the table. they're not completely blind if all of a sudden someone says we need another $100 billion. >> let's go to base closures. there are two rounds of base closures, at least one, perhaps two rounds of base closures the administration wants to execute. chairman mckeon has blasted th
that makes it very difficult. >> should the pentagon -- one of the things the pentagon, even within the pentagon, the leadership is criticized for is saying no, 47 is the number and we shouldn't plan for a leaner future. should they be planning for a leaner future? >> planning is not -- they're thinking about it, they're having discussions, but to go through a full-scale pentagon planning effort for those who have looked at the chart that shows the pentagon planning effort, it's not...
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the budget for the pentagon calling for $554 billion plus $88 billion for the war in afghanistan. the budget would cut the service by -- cut military personnel by 21,000 and give service member as 1.7% pay raise. committees in recess for lunch and votes on the house floor. live kov rouge when they resume. we spoke positive a reporter earlier who has been covering today the markup session for details on what's happened so far and what's ahead. >> joining us is mark oliveri, a defense and foreign policy reporter with congressional quarterly. what are some of biggest issues the committee has to deal with in this 2013 programs bill? >> well, i'm sorry. i didn't hear your question. i think you asked the big issues they're dealing with. what they've actually dealt with, pretty big things. congressman turner was able to get an amendment passed or adopted here that essentially would provide $160 million for the execution of what's called a chemistry and metallurgy replacement over los alamos. it's a program that the obama administration would like to delay, because it's a significant amou
the budget for the pentagon calling for $554 billion plus $88 billion for the war in afghanistan. the budget would cut the service by -- cut military personnel by 21,000 and give service member as 1.7% pay raise. committees in recess for lunch and votes on the house floor. live kov rouge when they resume. we spoke positive a reporter earlier who has been covering today the markup session for details on what's happened so far and what's ahead. >> joining us is mark oliveri, a defense and...
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on the pentagon side to figure out how to buy services smarter and better, so to me that's the real part of the -- you know, the equation that needs the volume raised and that's the solution of maintaining our national security strength rather than just these numbers, so my soapbox off. let's give someone else a chance to ask a question >> let me throw one more thing in for the colonel here since he brought it up, the personnel costs. the people in the pentagon, peter is absolutely right, have got to have a more open mind on dealing with a lot of this than they had. we were doing a study 20 years okay on the military medical establishment, and i was on the program, budget staff, officer in the program budget staff in the army, and it was obvious to my little group that this was going to be a cost driver that was going to really hurt us in the future. no one could see it at the time because the costs were not obvious if you just looked at the first layer, but when you adjusted for the fact that we were taken out, major medical facilities. we were taking out doctors and eliminating fa
on the pentagon side to figure out how to buy services smarter and better, so to me that's the real part of the -- you know, the equation that needs the volume raised and that's the solution of maintaining our national security strength rather than just these numbers, so my soapbox off. let's give someone else a chance to ask a question >> let me throw one more thing in for the colonel here since he brought it up, the personnel costs. the people in the pentagon, peter is absolutely right,...
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these two views really classed within the pentagon. and what happens is, a series of events happened in these carrier deployments that lions back doesn't eventually gets to the the secretary of defense weinberger's attention, who essentially sides with those who think lions matt has been insubordinate and fires them, relieves them and in the middle of all this admiral crowell who was the guy who privately incurred him in the transcripts of phone conversations between his -- between them and him and encourage him the entire time in the surreptitious military operation doesn't back them up and says knows nothing so he takes the fall for something the chairman had encouraged. >> and then, a more lower ranking military officer. if you are serving on one of the ships based out of one of the countries in the council, you understand kind of in the abstract that iran is perhaps the largest threat and the largest piece of the threat environment. no longer soviet union and the russians were not worried about the chinese. they might be worried ab
these two views really classed within the pentagon. and what happens is, a series of events happened in these carrier deployments that lions back doesn't eventually gets to the the secretary of defense weinberger's attention, who essentially sides with those who think lions matt has been insubordinate and fires them, relieves them and in the middle of all this admiral crowell who was the guy who privately incurred him in the transcripts of phone conversations between his -- between them and him...
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let's go to the important issue, which is who takes which jobs at the pentagon. loren? panetta moves on who will we see, sometimes chuck hadelea's name. >> he's a member of the opposition party, but not a problematic one. i don't think they will do that. i think they will be with ash carter, the default. he knows everything about the building at the point. >> and has a great policy foundation which is what he had before he took over. >> here's the key. the chief is whoever the next secretary of defense is, they will be build-down. you want somebody who notes the in in other words of the building, -- inside of the building, and work with the white house, the white house is really -- >> the deputy will be key, who are we hearing? >> flornoi is regarded as a policy player, but that requires a manager who should be looking for somebody with some management credential. >>> let's go to the issue of uncertainty. there are a lot of folks who have been saying defense court terse have been sitting -- contractors have been sitting on the inside. does it clear up the uncertainty? >
let's go to the important issue, which is who takes which jobs at the pentagon. loren? panetta moves on who will we see, sometimes chuck hadelea's name. >> he's a member of the opposition party, but not a problematic one. i don't think they will do that. i think they will be with ash carter, the default. he knows everything about the building at the point. >> and has a great policy foundation which is what he had before he took over. >> here's the key. the chief is whoever the...
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in the meantime, the defense budget, he's trying to get more monday for the pentagon. is it possible that he can, donna? >> it is going to be very, very hard. there are divisions within the house republican conference about increasing the money. in particular, you have a lot of new freshmen, the tea party-backed lawmakers who want to cut the deficit. they have said everything should be on the table, including defense. >> we're talking about 2013 spending, colin, right? >> yes. i was fascinated by the chairman's pledge that he would not try to reassert the global hawks u.a.v.'s that are built in his district for a billion dollars jobs, et cetera, and yet he said, i will not interfere. i will leave it to the subcommittee. i expected more pushback in an election season and from a man who is so committed to strong defense. >> so what's the expectation that people are committed to big-name military? what are some of the big things that will survive and not survive? >> the f-35 will definitely survive. i think sometime in the next six to eight months we will see the size of
in the meantime, the defense budget, he's trying to get more monday for the pentagon. is it possible that he can, donna? >> it is going to be very, very hard. there are divisions within the house republican conference about increasing the money. in particular, you have a lot of new freshmen, the tea party-backed lawmakers who want to cut the deficit. they have said everything should be on the table, including defense. >> we're talking about 2013 spending, colin, right? >> yes....